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UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5803 Moderate

UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5803

In the Linux Kernel before version 4.15.8, 4.14.25, 4.9.87, 4.4.121, 4.1.51, and 3.2.102, an error in the "_sctp_make_chunk()" function (net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c) when handling SCTP packets length can be exploited to cause a kernel crash.

Exploit probability Not scored
Published March 6, 2018
Required by Not available
Last source change August 17, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-hwe

34 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-kvm

13 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-oem

13 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-raspi2

47 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-snapdragon

44 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure-fde

26 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gke

51 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-raspi2

6 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-riscv

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-intel-iot-realtime

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-realtime

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-riscv

23 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-azure-6.11

7 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-gcp-6.11

7 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-hwe-6.11

8 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11

7 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-raspi-realtime

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS linux-azure-fde-5.15

61 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:16.04:LTS linux-fips

3 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS linux

133 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS linux-aws

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS linux-lts-xenial

52 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux

74 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-aws

33 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-azure

15 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-gcp

15 explicit affected versions

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

related USN-3697-1
related USN-3698-2

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5803

In the Linux Kernel before version 4.15.8, 4.14.25, 4.9.87, 4.4.121, 4.1.51, and 3.2.102, an error in the "_sctp_make_chunk()" function (net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c) when handling SCTP packets length can be exploited to cause a kernel crash.

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05 / REFERENCES

Further evidence